KATHERINE HEALTHCARE - SALINAS, CA

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Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide housekeeping and maintenance services: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a post-discharge plan with the resident and family for the resident's care after leaving the nursing home: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Offer other nutritional food to each resident who will not eat the food served: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep all essential equipment working safely: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Choose a doctor to serve as the medical director to create resident care policies and coordinate medical care in the facility: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Keep complete, dated lab records in the resident's file: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Approved construction type or materials: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper medical gas storage and administration areas: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent survey: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Determine if it is safe for the resident to self-administer drugs: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Check and assess each resident's assessment at least every 3 months: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop policies and procedures for influenza and pneumococcal immunizations: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that special or therapeutic diets are ordered by the attending doctor: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that doctors see a resident's plan of care at every visit and make notes about progress and orders in writing: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep complete, dated lab records in the resident's file: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Approved construction type or materials: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly located and lighted Exit signs: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly maintained smoke detectors: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Portable fire extinguishers: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide special eating equipment and utensils for each resident who needs them: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Train all employees on what to do in an emergency, and carry out announced staff drills: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Approved construction type or materials: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Did not have a written emergency evacuation plan: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Portable fire extinguishers: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Posted No-smoking signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or did not provide ashtrays where smoking was allowed: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly protected cooking facilities: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Restrictions on the use of highly flammable materials: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper medical gas storage and administration areas: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

• COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SALINAS (1.66 miles)
• KINDRED NURSING AND TRANSITIONAL CARE-PACIFIC COAS (0.40 miles)
• WINDSOR GARDENS REHABILITATION CENTER OF SALINAS (0.29 miles)
• SALINAS DIALYSIS CENTER (0.80 miles)
• SALINAS VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (0.15 miles)
• VNA INTERMITTENT CARE, INC (0.78 miles)